The Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment.
The name for the region is taken from the Waikato River; waikato is a Māori word traditionally translated as "flowing water".
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Waikato contained the third most densely populated part of New Zealand, after Northland/Auckland and the Bay of Plenty. The Waikato rohe (area) was inhabited by iwi (tribes) such as those of the Tainui confederation, including Waikato and Ngāti Toa who conquered the native inhabitants about 1450 according to Tainui historians, finally destroying them at a battle at Aratiatia. Between about 1750 and 1842 the area was subject to a large number of invasions by other Māori iwi and hapu confederations and large scale population migrations took place by a number of hapu and iwi. The largest battle ever fought in New Zealand took place near Ohaupo about 1790–1805, between two competing alliances of hapu. During the latter stages of this volatile period, known as the Musket Wars (1807–1845), conflict led to a migration south to Taranaki and eventually Kapiti Island.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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03OCT24 1752Z | NZCH | NZHN | Rompasta | ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) | -174 ft/m | 404 nm | 01:54 | View | |
27SEP24 1554Z | NZGS | NZHN | Ron Batchelor | Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) | -78 ft/m | 138 nm | 00:41 | View | |
27SEP24 0550Z | NZAA | NZHN | Kissa | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -221 ft/m | 158 nm | 00:43 | View | |
18SEP24 2345Z | NZNR | NZHN | Kawfee | British Aerospace BAe-146-100 (B461) | -307 ft/m | 157 nm | 00:32 | View | |
15SEP24 0031Z | NZNR | NZHN | Rp | Cessna Skyhawk (C172) | -158 ft/m | 130 nm | 00:16 | View | |
02SEP24 1923Z | NZGS | NZHN | Dan Cooper | Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) | -75 ft/m | 166 nm | 00:37 | View | |
11AUG24 1601Z | NZNP | NZHN | VTA113 - Alain | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -201 ft/m | 118 nm | 00:40 | View | |
11AUG24 0002Z | NZWO | NZHN | Krupke77 | Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet (ST75) | -19 ft/m | 126 nm | 01:09 | View | |
10AUG24 1412Z | NZSD | NZHN | Mike Hawk | Honda HA-420 HondaJet (HDJT) | -62 ft/m | 103 nm | 00:20 | View | |
28JUL24 2102Z | NZWR | NZHN | Jeanette Zoetendal | Cessna Skyhawk (C172) | -48 ft/m | 140 nm | 01:07 | View | |
28JUL24 0225Z | NZWK | NZHN | Javier M. | Diamond Twin Star (DA42) | -224 ft/m | 106 nm | 00:45 | View | |
24JUL24 1426Z | NZWR | NZHN | Filipe Delgadinho | ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) | -291 ft/m | 162 nm | 00:42 | View | |
19JUL24 1542Z | NZWR | NZHN | David | Embraer 170/175 (E170) | -26 ft/m | 143 nm | 00:29 | View | |
17JUL24 0930Z | NZWR | NZHN | VAF957 Paolo | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -176 ft/m | 140 nm | 00:56 | View | |
15JUN24 1007Z | NZWR | NZHN | Ernest Maillet | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (DHC6) | -60 ft/m | 138 nm | 00:50 | View | |
11JUN24 1615Z | NZWR | NZHN | VAF343 Sandro | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -108 ft/m | 194 nm | 00:34 | View | |
11JUN24 1127Z | NZQN | NZHN | VAF012 Massimo | Longitude TMC Medevac Fl | -1373 ft/m | 534 nm | 01:13 | View | |
10JUN24 1012Z | NZWR | NZHN | Matt Hurst | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -150 ft/m | 135 nm | 00:27 | View | |
10JUN24 0340Z | NZNR | NZHN | G Campbell | ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) | -242 ft/m | 125 nm | 00:40 | View | |
09JUN24 1807Z | NZWR | NZHN | Jonno Pickering | Cessna Caravan (C208) | -90 ft/m | 179 nm | 00:58 | View |